US Patent Issued to Oceaneering International on Sept. 29 for "Modular subsea vehicle" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,012, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Oceaneering International Inc. (Houston).

"Modular subsea vehicle" was invented by Josh Favors (Houston) and Nick Rouge (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular hydrodynamic subsea vehicle comprises an upper section and a lower section, where the upper section comprises a first upper primary module, a second upper primary module operatively connected to the first upper primary module, and, optionally, one or more intermediate upper modules disposed in-between the first and second upper primary modules. The lower section is operatively connected to the upper section and comprises a fi...